Your Favorite Beethoven Symphonies

Started by Don, May 15, 2007, 07:17:13 AM

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What are your three favorite Beethoven Symphonies

Sym. 1
4 (10.5%)
Sym. 2
3 (7.9%)
Sym. 3
26 (68.4%)
Sym. 4
18 (47.4%)
Sym. 5
23 (60.5%)
Sym. 6
20 (52.6%)
Sym. 7
30 (78.9%)
Sym. 8
9 (23.7%)
Sym. 9
32 (84.2%)

Total Members Voted: 38

Voting closed: May 18, 2007, 07:17:13 AM

Don

With all the posting about the worth of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, I thought I'd offer a poll on all the Beethoven Symphonies.

My three picks are the 5th, 7th and 9th (of course).

Todd

3, 6, and 9, in roughly that order. 
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dtwilbanks

Quote from: Don on May 15, 2007, 07:17:13 AM
With all the posting about the worth of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, I thought I'd offer a poll on all the Beethoven Symphonies.

My three picks are the 5th, 7th and 9th (of course).

Wow. Me too.

Don

Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 15, 2007, 07:23:02 AM
Wow. Me too.

Boy, the odds of us picking the same three are minimal.  I've found my twin!

karlhenning

Great idea, Don!

Tough call, but I voted for the Fourth, Sixth & Seventh.

Valentino

Today's snapshot: 3, 5 and 7. 3 is on top always, but 6, 4, 8 and 9 could all be runner ups (and so could 7).
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dtwilbanks

Quote from: Don on May 15, 2007, 07:25:12 AM
Boy, the odds of us picking the same three are minimal.  I've found my twin!

;D

AB68

My favourite Beethoven symphony has always been the 7th. The 3rd in second place and the pastorale third. I am also very fond of the fourth. But I love every single one of them. I think it is very difficult to choose one over another.

karlhenning

Quote from: Don on May 15, 2007, 07:25:12 AM
Boy, the odds of us picking the same three are minimal.

Again, I like your sense of humor, Don!

rubio

Quote from: AB68 on May 15, 2007, 07:31:17 AM
My favourite Beethoven symphony has always been the 7th. The 3rd in second place and the pastorale third. I am also very fond of the fourth. But I love every single one of them. I think it is very difficult to choose one over another.

The 7th is also my favourite, and I guess my favourite symphony of all together with Bruckner 8. I always look for excellent recordings of these symphonies. A bit behind I would place no. 3 and no. 4. I also find no. 2 very attractive. Well, I do love all of Beethoven's symphonies.
"One good thing about music, when it hits- you feel no pain" Bob Marley

Don


Sergeant Rock

3, 4, 8

Those are the ones I listen to the most so I assume that means something.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

BachQ


Shrunk

3, 5, 7, in no particular order (Changes depending on who's conducting, my mood, barometric pressure, etc.).

I'm surprised at the support #4 is getting, flying in the face of the conventional wisdom of the odd #'s being best.  I should give that one a more careful listen.

BachQ

A much simpler question would be "your 3 least favorite" LvB Symphonies:

1, 2, 4 as my LEAST favorite (by a hugely wide margin . . .  . . . .)

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: Shrunk on May 15, 2007, 08:59:56 AM
I'm surprised at the support #4 is getting, flying in the face of the conventional wisdom of the odd #'s being best.  I should give that one a more careful listen.

Both the Fourth and the Eighth have been unfairly relegated to the second tier. They deserve better.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

orbital


bhodges

Mine are 9, 8 and 7, in roughly that order.  I actually don't know No. 8 all that well, which is why it sounds so fresh, the few times I've heard it.

--Bruce

Josquin des Prez

Quote from: Shrunk on May 15, 2007, 08:59:56 AM
I'm surprised at the support #4 is getting, flying in the face of the conventional wisdom of the odd #'s being best.  I should give that one a more careful listen.

The fourth is an amazing work. I'd recommend Pierre Monteux on Decca. It takes a while to open up to it but it's well worth it. Aside for the 1st, there really isn't a Beethoven symphony that isn't a masterpiece...

karlhenning

Quote from: Josquin des Prez on May 15, 2007, 09:35:09 AM
The fourth is an amazing work.

Agreed!

Quote. . . It takes a while to open up to it but it's well worth it.

Interesting;  I took to it immediately!